DSPS Student Responsibilities
It is the student's responsibility to follow all SBCC regulations, policies and procedures.
To request an accommodation, the student will present documentation of disability to a DSPS professional. The student will communicate with the DSPS professional regarding any SBCC accommodation request. This process should be completed for each specific request, for each new setting, at least ten working days before the date of the requested accommodation. The student will allow the DSPS professional and instructor a reasonable length of time to implement approved accommodations.
Accommodations provided at SBCC may not apply to other educational institutions or places of employment.
As a result of a careful, deliberative process, the student and DSPS professional, in consultation with the instructor, will reach an agreement on an effective method of accommodation. In order to reach agreement on reasonable accommodation the student, DSPS professional and SBCC instructor will be assured that each accommodation meets the following accommodation criteria:
- maintains the instructor's ability to measure the student's independent demonstration of learning outcomes
- maintains the same academic standards for all students
- maintains the fundamental nature of the instructor/student relationship
- maintains the fundamental requirements of the educational program
- promotes the maximum independence and integration of the student
- relates directly to the student's participation in the educational process at SBCC
- relates directly to the educational limitations of the verified disabilities of the student to be served
- is a feasible and effective accommodation
Student will make all arrangements for own personal needs, with own personal service attendant if necessary. These personal needs include eating and drinking, personal hygiene, taking medication, adjustment of clothing, handling personal items, getting around the city and the campus, and impulse and behavior control. Students are required to reach agreement with a DSPS Specialist if they wish to bring a community personal service attendant to an SBCC class for disability related personal reasons. Please note that SBCC does not hire attendants for personal use or provide services of a personal nature and is not required to do so (Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, sub section 104.44). It is the responsibility of the student and personal service attendant to follow all SBCC regulations, policies and procedures. The attendant will provide personal needs only. All requests for academic accommodations for class and tests must be referred to DSPS.
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